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Can't play a freakin' DVD

Hi,
I'm having some trouble getting a DVD to play. I've got libdvdcss installed and am trying ogle and xine (via Kaffeine). With ogle I'm getting the following error:

libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.8 for DVD access
libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd with libdvdcss.
libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading
ERROR[ogle_nav]: faild to open/read the DVD
callbacks.on_opendvd_activate(): DVDSetDVDRoot: Root not set
Note[ogle_gui]: GetDiscID failed
msg close FIX

with Kaffeine I'm getting:

The source can't be read.
Maybe you don't have enough rights for this, or source doesn't contain data (e.g: no disc in drive). (/dev/dvd)

They're both clearly having trouble reading the DVD. But I can't figure out why. It reads and burns CDs fine. I don't have a data DVD handy to check that but I will when I find one.

Is it permissions? Do I need to mount something somehow? Any help would be handy.

I'm using a Dell Inspiron 8200. The DVD drive is a CD-RW/DVD combo built-in. SuSE 9.2

I had 9.2 and now 9.3 on my Thinkpad T40 that has a DVDRom, I'm getting a CD-RW/DVDRom combo drive this Friday, I'll let you know if I experience any problems getting Xine or Kaffeine to play DVD's. If I do and can get it fixed I'll let you know what steps have to be taken or I may join you scratching my head.

Use mplayer, it makes anything play I have chucked at it yet and when installing it will point you to the other required packages which are very few. I have had little luck with other players and mplayer has beaten them all. Run it from command line with "mplayer" and get the frontend with "gmplayer".